And what problem-solvers they are! Kicks too fly to touch the ground? Check. Holes in your soles and shallow puddles abounding? Check. Overcome with the urge to be snapped by a street photographer? Check!

Sadly, some fashion lovers aren’t fully appreciating the many practical applications of this design. Or as one commenter put it to The Sun, “What in the sweet orthopedic hell is this —-”?